Christine Johnson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>overholt</span></a></span> </p><p>Of course it's dusty! Why else would libraries require you to wear white gloves when handling rare books?? 🤦♀️ </p><p>The term "historian" is used very loosely in this article - the main character has degrees in semiotics and English lit (M.A.), has written numerous popular books on technology, science, and history, and now works *at* Google. The author (the NYT Magazine editor) talks to a few other authors of books about history, most of whom are either not engaged in original research, or are and have used LLMs only lightly and skeptically. One historian is using "AI" with a specific archival dataset within highly formal constraints, which doesn't get much space because it's not nearly "ooooh and aaaaah - magic!" enough. </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WeLoveLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeLoveLibraries</span></a></p>